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Catalogue information
LastDodo number
4018363
Area
Coins
Title
Colombia 5 centavos 1901 (leprosarium coinage)
Country
Year
1901
Variety / overstrike
leprosarium munten
Type
Designer
Series
Material
Weight
2.55
Diameter
18
Thickness
Punch
Shape
Obverse
CINCO CENTAVOS LAZARETO • 1901 •
Reverse
REPÚBLICA DE COLOMBIA 5 CENTAVOS • BOGOTÁ •
Edge
Reeded
Privy mark
Number produced
15.000
Krause and Mishler number
KM# L2
Catalogue number
Details
Special coins for use in the three government leper colonies (Lazareto is Spanish) of Agua de Dios, Cano de Heer, and Contratacion. The hospitals were closed in the late 1950s, and patients were allowed to exchange these special coins for regular currency at a bank.
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Speciale munten voor gebruik in de drie overheid leprakolonies (Lazareto is Spaans) van Agua de Dios, Cano de Heer, en Contratacion.
De ziekenhuizen werden in de late jaren 1950 gesloten en patiënten mochten deze speciale munten inwisselen voor reguliere valuta bij een bank.